Anthony Delitto, PhD, PT, FAPTA

Dr. Delitto is currently Professor and Chairman of the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Vice President for Education and Research, Centers for Rehab Services. Dr. Delitto has received the Golden Pen award from the APTA in 1992, the Steven J. Rose Award for Clinical Research in 1993, 1994, 1995, and 2003 from the APTA Section on Orthopedics, the Marian Williams Award for Research in Physical Therapy from the APT Research Section in 1997, was elected as a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA in 2000, was asked to deliver the John H. P. Maley lecture at the APTA Conference in 2001, and was the recipient of the Carlin-Michels Achievement Award presented by the Pennsylvania Physical Therapy Association in October, 2001. He is active in the Sections on Orthopedics and Education, and Past-Presdient of the Section on Research for the APTA. He has authored or co-authored over sixty peer-reviewed research papers. Dr. Delitto is currently involved in the treatment and research of low back pain, and has had many articles published on this subject. He teaches this same content to the post-professional students in the Master's Degree program in physical therapy at the University of Pittsburgh. More recently, he has taken the lead in studying the neuroprotective effects of exercise in Parkinson's Disease.